Troubleshooting - Sony MDR-DS8000 Operating Instructions Manual

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Troubleshooting

If you run into any problems using this headphone system, use the following
checklist. Should any problem persist, consult your nearest Sony dealer.
Symptom Cause and remedy
No sound
, Check the connection between the processor and the AV component.
, Turn on the AV component connected to the processor, and start the
, Check that you have selected the component you want to listen to.
, If you connect the processor to an AV component using the headphone jacks,
, Raise the headphone volume.
, The batteries of the headphones are completely exhausted.
, You are trying to play a DTS audio track on a DVD player that does not
, You are playing back a DVD disc recorded in DTS when DTS digital output
, You are playing back a DVD disc (including game machines) recorded in DTS
, The head tracking function does not work correctly.
, Set the ATT switch on the processor to "–8dB".
Distorted sound
(sometimes with
, If you connect the processor to an AV component using the headphone jacks,
noise)
, When using DTS audio sources, set the processor output mode to VIRTUAL
, Set the ATT switch on the processor to "0dB".
Low sound
, If you connect the processor to an AV component using the headphone jacks,
, Raise the headphone volume.
programme (playback).
raise the volume level on the connected AV component.
Pull up the self-adjusting band and if the POWER indicator is turned off,
charge the rechargeable batteries or replace the alkaline batteries. If the
POWER indicator is still turned off, take the unit to your nearest Sony dealer.
support DTS.
Either use a DVD player that supports DTS, or select a Dolby Digital or PCM
audio track.
setting for the DVD player (including game machines) is "OFF".
Refer to the operating instructions of the DVD player, and change the DTS
digital output setting to "ON".
when the DVD player and the processor are analogue connected.
Connect them in digital. (Analogue sound may not be output from the DVD
player.)
When the HEAD TRACKING switch is set to ON after putting the
headphones on your head, or when you put them on with the HEAD
TRACKING switch ON, wait for 2 seconds without moving your head. If you
hear no sound even after tying this, take off the headphones, and then put
them on again.
lower the volume level on the connected AV component.
SURROUND (page 19).
raise the volume level on the connected AV component.
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